Global Change and Protected Areas

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Global Change and Mountain Regions — an IGBP Initiative for Collaborative Research
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   Chapter 2 Climate Variations in Italy in the Last 130 Years
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   Chapter 3 Dendroclimatic Information on Silver Fir (Abies Alba Mill.) in the Northern Apennines
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   Chapter 4 Trends in High Frequency Precipitation Variability in Some Northern Italy Secular Stations
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   Chapter 5 Climate Change Experiments on a Glacier Foreland in the Central Alps
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   Chapter 6 High Mountain Summits as Sensitive Indicators of Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Patterns: The “Multi Summit-Approach” of GLORIA (Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments)
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   Chapter 7 Temperature and Precipitation Trends in Italy During the Last Century
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   Chapter 8 Climate and other Sources of Change in the St. Elias Region
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    Chapter 9 Permafrost and Climate in Europe. Climate Change, Mountain Permafrost Degradation and Geotechnical Hazard
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    Chapter 10 Thermal Variations of Mountain Permafrost: an Example of Measurements Since 1987 in the Swiss Alps
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    Chapter 11 Climate Change and Air Quality Assessment in Canadian National Parks
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    Chapter 12 Regional Clean Air Partnerships and the ETEAM
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    Chapter 13 Land-Atmosphere Interactions
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    Chapter 14 Uncertainties in the Prediction of Regional Climate Change
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    Chapter 15 Gamma-Ray Spectrometer for “In Situ” Measurements on Glaciers and Snowfields
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    Chapter 16 Cs-137 Gamma Peak Detection in Snow Layers on Calderone Glacier
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    Chapter 17 The Effects of Global Warming on Mountain Regions: a Summary of the 1995 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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    Chapter 18 Global Change in Respect to Tendency to Acidification of Subarctic Mountain Lakes
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    Chapter 19 Influence of Climate, Species Immigration, Fire, and Men on Forest Dynamics In Northern Italy, from 6000 Cal. BP To Today
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    Chapter 20 Koenigia Islandica (Iceland Purslane) — A Case Study of a Potential Indicator of Climate Change in the UK
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    Chapter 21 Semi-Objective Sampling Strategies as One Basis for a Vegetation Survey
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    Chapter 22 Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on Drought in Swiss Forest Stands
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    Chapter 23 Forecasted Stability of Mediterranean Evergreen Species Considering Global Changes
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    Chapter 24 Birds as Bio-Indicators of Long-Transported Lead in the Alpine Environment
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    Chapter 25 Annual Estimations of Ecophysiological Parameters and Biogenic Volatile Compounds (BVOCs) Emissions in Citrus Sinensis (L.) Osbeck
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    Chapter 26 A Multiscale Study to Analyse the Response of Vegetation to Climatic Conditions
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    Chapter 27 Phytotoxic Ozone Effect on Selected Plant Species in a Standardized Experimental Design
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    Chapter 28 Plant Invasions in Central European Middle-Mountains: A Result of Global Change ?
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    Chapter 29 Can Testate Amoebae (Protozoa) and Other Micro-Organisms Help to Overcome Biogeographic Bias in Large Scale Global Change Research?
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    Chapter 30 Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO 2 and Mineral Nitrogen Deposition on Litter Quality, Bioleaching and Decomposition in A Sphagnum Peat Bog
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    Chapter 31 Analysis of the Environmental Impact Caused by Introduced Animals in the Clarion Island, Archipelago of Revillagigedo, Colima, Mexico
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    Chapter 32 High Mountain Environment as Indicator of Global Change
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    Chapter 33 Effects of Elevated CO 2 and Nitrogen Deposition on Natural Regeneration Processes of Cut-Over Ombrotrophic Peat Bogs in the Swiss Jura Mountains
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    Chapter 34 Economic Evaluation of Italian Parks and Natural Areas
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    Chapter 35 Environmental and Human Impacts on Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in India
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    Chapter 36 Past Climate Change and the Generation and Persistence of Species Richness in a Biodiversity Hotspot, the Cape Flora of South Africa
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    Chapter 37 The World Network of Biosphere Reserves: a Flexible Structure for Understanding and Responding to Global Change
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    Chapter 38 The Role of a Global Protected Areas System in Conserving Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change
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    Chapter 39 The Strong Reduction Phase of the Calderone Glacier During the Last Two Centuries: Reconstruction of the Variation and of the Possible Scenarios With GIS Technologies
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    Chapter 40 Digital Geomorphologic Cartography of the Top Area of the Gran Sasso D’Italia Mountain Group (Central Apennine, Italy)
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    Chapter 41 The Late Pleistocene and Holocene Temporary Lakes in the Abruzzo Parks and the Central Apennines
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    Chapter 42 The Travertine Deposits of the Upper Pescara Valley (Central Abruzzi, Italy): A Clue for the Reconstruction of the Late Quaternary Palaeoenvironmental Evolution of the Area
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    Chapter 43 The Protected Areas System for the Conservation and for an Eco-Compatible Development of the Territory: The Maiella National Park
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    Chapter 44 Environmental Protection and Social Protection: The Sirente-Velino Regional Park
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    Chapter 45 Protected Areas Management: an Example of Application in the Gran Sasso Park
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    Chapter 46 The Main Invasive Alien Plants in the Protected Areas in Central Italy (Abruzzo)
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    Chapter 47 The Historical and Iconographic Research in the Reconstruction of the Variation of the Calderone Glacier: State of the Art and Perspective
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    Chapter 48 Numerical Experiments to Study the Possible Meteorological Changes Induced by the Presence of a Lake